A Tale of Traditions
Well, it's Trevor, The Tell Tale Dog, here to bring you, some of Brenda's past holiday traditions.
Brenda used to really enjoy these and now things are much different, with no family close by, but
that is just the way it is. We thought we would share some of what she remembers from when, she
was a little girl.
Brenda always enjoyed with helping decorate the tree. The trimmings consisted of rings made
of different colored construction paper, that were put together with glue and made into strings,
that were put around the tree. She always had a real tree, except for one year, when she was
told that they couldn't afford a tree. There was a drawing at the school after the Christmas
program, and guess who won the free tree? I guess that was what you could call a Christmas
miracle. They had no choice but to decorate one after all.
Some of the other traditions were of course the many goodies that her Mom would make.
Sparrows were only had at Christmas and a favorite of everyone. There were deep fried
donuts with raisins in them and were usually eaten with butter. Germans after all,
really know how to keep the calorie count down. BOL
Another tradition was, that her Dad had to have St. Johns Bread or Johnny Bread, which was not
actually bread at all. It was carob with seeds inside. You would warm them up in the oven or
now, the microwave works also. Personally, Brenda could not stand the smell of it. Her
Dad and one of her sisters were crazy about it. Not as easy to get, as you would think. It
is found in the produce, but you would be surprised, how many people would try to take Brenda
to the bread section.
Another thing was buying Chocolate Covered Cherries for Dad, because he loved them. Truth,
he didn't like them at all. It was just an excuse for my sister who liked them, to get them for
herself along with dried apricots, if we could find those.
Things like the Johnny Bread, Sparrows, dried apricots, were actually shipped, when they could
not all be together for Christmas.
Brenda always also enjoyed the various Christmas programs she was involved in, when she didn't
end up getting sick. Looking back now, her immune system pretty much was bad even then.
Brenda's favorites of her Mom's goodies were, her caramels, hopscotch, peppermint almond bark
rounds and of course her peanut brittle.
We hoped you have enjoyed this little trip down memory lane with holiday traditions. We
wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas.
Brenda used to really enjoy these and now things are much different, with no family close by, but
that is just the way it is. We thought we would share some of what she remembers from when, she
was a little girl.
Brenda always enjoyed with helping decorate the tree. The trimmings consisted of rings made
of different colored construction paper, that were put together with glue and made into strings,
that were put around the tree. She always had a real tree, except for one year, when she was
told that they couldn't afford a tree. There was a drawing at the school after the Christmas
program, and guess who won the free tree? I guess that was what you could call a Christmas
miracle. They had no choice but to decorate one after all.
Some of the other traditions were of course the many goodies that her Mom would make.
Sparrows were only had at Christmas and a favorite of everyone. There were deep fried
donuts with raisins in them and were usually eaten with butter. Germans after all,
really know how to keep the calorie count down. BOL
Another tradition was, that her Dad had to have St. Johns Bread or Johnny Bread, which was not
actually bread at all. It was carob with seeds inside. You would warm them up in the oven or
now, the microwave works also. Personally, Brenda could not stand the smell of it. Her
Dad and one of her sisters were crazy about it. Not as easy to get, as you would think. It
is found in the produce, but you would be surprised, how many people would try to take Brenda
to the bread section.
Another thing was buying Chocolate Covered Cherries for Dad, because he loved them. Truth,
he didn't like them at all. It was just an excuse for my sister who liked them, to get them for
herself along with dried apricots, if we could find those.
Things like the Johnny Bread, Sparrows, dried apricots, were actually shipped, when they could
not all be together for Christmas.
Brenda always also enjoyed the various Christmas programs she was involved in, when she didn't
end up getting sick. Looking back now, her immune system pretty much was bad even then.
Brenda's favorites of her Mom's goodies were, her caramels, hopscotch, peppermint almond bark
rounds and of course her peanut brittle.
We hoped you have enjoyed this little trip down memory lane with holiday traditions. We
wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas.
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